Trump ex-campaign chief, ex-lawyer guilty of criminal charges
By China Daily | China Daily | Updated: 2018-08-23 07:40
The former campaign chairman for US President Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, was found guilty on eight of 18 criminal charges of bank and tax fraud by a jury on Tuesday in federal court in northern Virginia, according to multiple news reports.
Manafort's conviction is the first secured at trial by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team.
Five of the guilty verdicts were for filing false tax documents, and the other three involved foreign bank account registration and bank fraud.
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